The First Desmosedici Goes To Tom Cruise??

Chris · Post by **Chris** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 7:33 pm

News item from AP...........

Tom First to Cruise on New Ducati Bike
Tom Cruise First on the List to Get Ducati's Newest Motorcycle, a $72,500 Superbike
Jan. 30, 2008

Share Tom Cruise is the first on the list to get Ducati's newest motorcycle a $72,500 superbike bristling with titanium, magnesium and carbon fiber technology that can scoot up to 200 mph.

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Behold, the Travel Toys of the StarsCruise is scheduled to take delivery of the Desmosedici RR at Beverly Hills Ducati this week. Only 1,500 of the red-and-white Moto GP racing replica motorcycles will be made and Cruise gets the first.

Michael Lock, chief of Cupertino-based Ducati North America, said the Desmosedici RR "is the impossible dream made possible."

"We are delighted to be able to deliver the world's first production unit here in the USA to Tom Cruise, who is a well-known Ducati enthusiast," Lock said in a statement.

alimey4u2 · Post by **alimey4u2** » Thu Jan 31, 2008 4:27 am

Looks like his religion works then.....

Phil · Post by **Phil** » Thu Jan 31, 2008 9:28 pm

Chris · Post by **Chris** » Thu Jan 31, 2008 9:50 pm

I would have thought (hoped) that if Ducati was going to try to get publicity for delivering the first bike, that they would have at least given the bike to someone worthy. A motorhead celebrity, Michael Schumacher or someone of that caliber.

CBXTRA6 · Post by **CBXTRA6** » Fri Feb 01, 2008 12:00 am

alimey4u2 wrote:Looks like his religion works then.....

EMS · Post by **EMS** » Sat Feb 02, 2008 3:11 pm

I am not sure, whether it is the first Desmo16 worldwide or just in the U.S.
In any case, I too would have picked someone a little closer to the motor world as a celebrity, rather than Mr. Cruise. I still remember way back when Lyle Lovett was Ducati of North America's first choice in famous people. Not a great figurehead either...